Mr. Patrick Brown, MPP Leader, Official Opposition Legislative Building Queen’s Park Toronto ON M7A 1A8 Dear Mr. Brown: I am writing in response to your letter to Premier Kathleen Wynne regarding Hydro One’s rate application currently before the Ontario Energy Board (OEB). Your letter is just another distraction that reveals your willingness to […]
Patrick Brown PCs Vote Against Safer School Zones Act TORONTO ONTARIO – This afternoon following Question Period, Stormont-Dundas-South Glengarry MPP Jim McDonell and the Ontario PC Caucus voted against important legislation that protects school children, seniors, other pedestrians and cyclists. This is in spite of the PCs previously indicating support for such measures: […]
CORNWALL ONTARIO – Hydro will be THE election issue in Ontario. With Premier Wynne fighting for her political life she’s blinked first and reacted to the NDP’s strong first blow. The day after leader Andrea Horwath outlined plans to even out the playing field hydro wise, Ms Wynne announced sweeping hydro cuts which reek […]
Cornwall Ontario – In eight years here at CFN we’ve seen a few weird ones come in. Alana Kiteley of the MTO sent in the following release. However after exchanging emails it turned out it was not on behalf of the MTO. She and some fellow MTO workers allegedly were simply upset […]
Cornwall Ontario – According to media reports, Ontario Premier Kathleen Wynne is suggesting that high hydro rates that are crippling Ontario are in fact her fault. Under the guise of caring for the environment, coal (even though there are new technologies that reduce carbon and pollution) was phased out in favour of Wind and Solar […]
Ontario Conservative leader Patrick Brown took his seat at Queen’s Park and took aim at Premier Kathleen Wynne with his first question. He attacked on high hydro rates in the province which the Premier ducked and deflected. What do you think dear CFN viewers? Does Brown have game? Will have have the ability […]
Lacrosse is coming home. For the first time ever, the FIL (Federation of International Lacrosse) will hold the World Indoor Lacrosse Championships (WILC) at the home of the game: The Onondaga Nation, capital of the Iroquois Confederacy. The start of the 2015 Games will commence at 7 PM EST at the War Memorial Arena in […]
Premier Wynne blinked and has officially delayed PC leader Patrick Brown’s first opportunity to win a seat and sit at Queen’s Park. Normally it’s a courtesy to allow a leader of a party to gain their seat. Delaying a by election is usually a sign of nastiness or fear. In Wynne’s case it […]
CFRA is a pretty staunch conservative talk radio station, still on the AM dial, in Ottawa, Canada’s Capital. It’s a mostly senior audience with a lot of folks from the country and rural areas sharing their um…..wisdom. One of their hosts is Nick Vandergragt who besides being a farmer does a passable job as a talk […]
CFN – Now that Patrick Brown has stormed in and taken over the PC Party in Ontario the big question is when will he get a seat? Most of his own MPP’s didn’t support him during the leadership run, and even if one like our own useless lump, Jim McDonell, stepped down Premier Wynne could […]
CFN – It looks like our MPP Jim McDonell picked the wrong horse as Patrick Brown has stunned Ontario and beaten favorite Christine Elliott for the PC leadership. SD&SG voted for Brown although Mr. McDonell had emails sent out to members supporting Elliott. At stake was the vision of change. Brown, a Federal outsider […]
CFN – We had a chance to chat with Christine Elliott who is the front runner to replace Tim Hudak as leader of the Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario. The race turned nasty as Federal MP Patrick Brown, who is also running for the leadership dumped some of the blame for Mr. Hudak’s election loss to Premier […]
CFN – Who the heck is Patrick Brown and why are we not only writing about him here on CFN, but interviewing the MP from Barrie? MP Brown has made a splash as he fights his way towards earning the leadership of the PC party of Ontario and he’s started with a bang! In […]